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September 18, 2026

Hacker Newsletter #810

Software is eating the world, but AI is going to eat software. //Jensen Huang

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Issue #810 // 2026-09-18 // View in your browser

#Favorites


Optimize your website for AI answer engines with Webflow
//webflow sponsored

An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations
//github comments→

Introducing System One Models and Jev
//typesafe comments→

On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem
//openai comments→

OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems
//rubyhack comments→

AlphaGenome Atlas: a high-resolution map of human DNA
//blog comments→

Astra for Coding: Why Are We Doing This Again?
//lucumr.pocoo comments→

The most important product decision is what you don't build
//liamnugent comments→

Doing Everyone Else's Job
//yosefk comments→

Reversing Factorio's RNG
//gegell.github comments→

Backups Aren't Simple
//filipovski comments→

Tell the speakers that you liked their talks
//ohhelloana comments→

#Ask HN


Can we please limit the AI news flood?

What are you working on?

What default model do you use and why?

#Classifieds


Stop tracking every project in your head. Let SRP do it for you //hellosrp

Is your cloud AI ready? Have an expert review your security first //cloudsecuritypartners

Get 50 Free B2B Ad Templates (Perfect for LinkedIn & Meta) //b2bads

See exactly how AI talks about your brand - and what to fix //brandgeo

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#Show HN


Steam Frame starts at $1059 //store.steampowered comments→

Hister: A private search engine for the pages you visit and the files you keep //github comments→

Pion, an agent designed to run any company autonomously //andonlabs comments→

Capsule – Single-file web apps that save their data into SQLite //withcapsule comments→

I made a flight simulator, except you're just a passenger //inflightsimulator comments→

Jinx – a link shortener you host free on GitHub Pages //jinx comments→

#Code


Java 27 //mail.openjdk comments→

Bend – A language that blocks AI mistakes via proof, on CPU and GPU //bend-lang comments→

Small programming tricks //will-keleher comments→

crustyBASIC – BASIC cross compiler for retro systems //telengard.itch comments→

Wax – Record a program, change it then replay it //waxlang comments→

Anecdotally, Programmers Dislike "Reduce" //evanhahn comments→

#Data


Charts built for Chat //dbtcharts comments→

Training a 4B model to produce 81% faster query plans than Postgres //rohanbansal comments→

We do modern frequentist statistics: Using fake-data simulation //statmodeling.stat.columbia comments→

Knap – Turn Data into Markdown //knap comments→

WalShadow: Sub-second Postgres replication to ClickHouse from physical WAL //clickhouse comments→

#Design


The CSS Zen Garden dream, finally shipped //josprague comments→

Most people prefer traditional architecture //worksinprogress comments→

Picxel – Turn reference images into pixel-art game assets //github comments→

#Books


Chopping up books when they're physically too big //attainablefelicity.mattkirkland comments→

Open-source AI and open models reading list //interconnects comments→

Japan's book scene is quietly moving from bookstores to libraries //untranslatedjp.substack comments→

#Working


We Must Return to the Office to Use AI in Person //mcsweeneys comments→

New $100k H-1B visa fee pushes tech jobs offshore //spectrum.ieee comments→

We know what a world without work looks like //asteriskmag.substack comments→

A return to two-pizza culture //allthingsdistributed comments→

#Learn


I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guinea //notnottalmud.substack comments→

Wax Motor //en.wikipedia comments→

Forgotten Woodlands //storymaps.arcgis comments→

How Big Are Factorials? //eli.thegreenplace comments→

#Watching


Paul A. M. Dirac, Interview by Friedrich Hund //youtube comments→

DEF Con 34 – Hacking AI – Bruce Schneier //youtube comments→

History of Forgotten Chips //youtube comments→

Sony's First Computer – The SMC-70 from 1982 //youtube comments→

#Startup News


Astra for Law //openai comments→

Oracle’s 6am layoff emails hit staff amid new wave of cuts //techtimes.co comments→

Matt Mullenweg tells Automattic staff in Slack he's back in control after ouster //techcrunch comments→

AWS Says It Can't Restore Some Data from Mideast Facilities Struck by Iran //wsj comments→

Nvidia announces native GPU programming in Rust //developer.nvidia comments→

#Fun


One Gets Through – Missile Command, but you launch the missiles //onegetsthrough comments→

Hopera, a free musical soothing rhythmic game //jgthms comments→

Take a break, play some puzzles //gridmino comments→

Dry Diving Club – A darkly comic browser game //drydiving comments→

Below the Root (1984 game) ported to JavaScript //below-the-root.saul comments→

Trail, a New Logic Game //trail.franzai comments→

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